Benji, Zax & the Alien Prince is a live-action Hanna-Barbera and Mulberry Square children's science fiction television series created by Joe Camp, the creator of the Benji film franchise. The series aired Saturday mornings on CBS in 1983 with repeats airing in the United States and internationally for a number of years through the 1980s. The series was taped in various parts of the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex, with interiors taped at the Las Colinas studios in Irving, Texas. The entire series was released to DVD by GoodTimes Home Video as four separate releases of 3 or 4 episodes each and a single release with all 13 episodes.
Benji, Zax & the Alien Prince (Season 1)
The Prince and the Bag Lady (Episode 1)
Writer: Len Janson
Air date: 1983-09-17
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: While eluding the hunters in a graveyard, Zax is damaged and picked up by a bag lady, but he is later captured by the hunters while they're chasing Yubi. Benji finds Zax and helps him to escape, sabotaging the hunters' van so they can't pursue.
UFO (Episode 2)
Writer: Len Janson
Air date: 1983-09-24
Runtime: 22 min
The Day of the Hunter (Episode 3)
Air date: 1983-10-01
Runtime: 22 min
Goldmine (Episode 4)
Writer: Len Janson
Air date: 1983-10-08
Runtime: 22 min
Goodbye to Earth (Episode 5)
Writer: Ray Parker
Air date: 1983-10-15
Runtime: 22 min
Ghost Town (Episode 6)
Writer: John Bradford
Air date: 1983-10-22
Runtime: 22 min
The Locals (Episode 7)
Writer: Gene Ayres
Air date: 1983-10-29
Runtime: 22 min
Puppy Love (Episode 8)
Writer: Len Janson
Air date: 1983-11-05
Runtime: 22 min
Double Trouble (Episode 9)
Writer: John Bradford
Air date: 1983-11-12
Runtime: 22 min
Don't Fence Me In (Episode 10)
Writer: Ray Parker
Air date: 1983-11-19
Runtime: 22 min
The Flying Lesson (Episode 11)
Writer: John Bradford
Air date: 1983-12-03
Runtime: 22 min
Benji Call Home (Episode 12)
Writer: Ray Parker
Air date: 1983-12-10
Runtime: 22 min
Decoy Droid (Episode 13)
Writer: John Bradford
Air date: 1983-12-17
Runtime: 22 min
Seasons
Episodes 13